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Navigable Slide Index
- Introduction
- The inherited nature of diversity in humans
- Person to person variability
- Human biochemical genetics
- Inborn errors of metabolism (1)
- Alkaptonuria is an inborn error of metabolism
- Inborn errors of metabolism (2)
- Phenylketonuria is an inborn error of metabolism
- Why was there recessive inheritance?
- Abundant and structural proteins
- Haemoglobin as an example of abundant protein
- Sickle cell vs. normal cell
- Homozygous vs. heterozygous
- Hb molecular difference shown by electrophoresis
- Amino acid substitution
- Polymorphism
- Blood groups as an example of polymorphism
- The ABO gene codes for a glycosyltransferase
- Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics
- Sensitivity to suxamethonium
- G6PD deficiency
- G6PD deficient individuals sensitive to fava beans
- G6PD activity
- G6PD distribution - summary
- G6PD electrophoresis
- Formal definition of polymorphism
Topics Covered
- The inherited nature of diversity in humans
- Person to person variability
- Human biochemical genetics
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Alkaptonuria
- Phenylketonuria
- Recessive inheritance
- Abundant and structural proteins
- Sickle cell anaemia
- Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics
- G6PD deficiency
Talk Citation
Swallow, D. (2009, December 28). Historical introduction to human diversity I [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved October 31, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/CPLW6682.Export Citation (RIS)
Publication History
Financial Disclosures
- Prof. Dallas Swallow has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.
 
       
    























 
                    
                     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
     
        
      
    